Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 29, 2026· Updated Jul 29, 2026
Newsletters <= 4.15 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'target' Shortcode Attribute
CVE-2026-12938
Description
The Newsletters Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'target' attribute of the [newsletters_post] shortcode in versions up to and including 4.15. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the posts_single() function which propagates the attacker-controlled 'target' attribute into the global $wpml_target, and in the shortcode_posts() 'post_thumbnail' handler which concatenates $wpml_target into a target="..." HTML attribute without esc_attr(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products
1- Range: <=4.15
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.15/helpers/shortcode.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.15/helpers/shortcode.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.15/helpers/shortcode.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.15/helpers/shortcode.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/newsletters-lite/tags/4.15/includes/checkinit.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetmitre
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/293abae5-a7fb-401f-af09-324a81ce8709mitre
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